Bo Rybeck

Bo Rybeck (21 January 1935 – 16 December 2019) was a Swedish physician and researcher. He served as Surgeon-General of the Swedish Armed Forces (1981–1985) and as Director-General of the Swedish National Defence Research Institute (1985–1994).

Early life Rybeck was born on 21 January 1935 in Hedvig Eleonora Parish, Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Ebbe Rybeck, an auditor, and his wife Anna-Lisa (née Tidlund).

Career Rybeck received a Licentiate of Medical Science (Medicine licentiatexamen) degree in Stockholm in 1960 and then worked as an assistant physician (underläkare) at Norrbackainstitutet in Stockholm from 1960 to 1962 and then at the orthopedic clinic at Uppsala University Hospital from 1962 to 1964. Rybeck served as a staff doctor (stabsläkare) in Stockholm Coastal Artillery Defence (Stockholms kustartilleriförsvar, SK) from 1964 to 1967 and in the Coastal Fleet from 1967 to 1969. Rybeck then served as a doctor in the Upper Norrland Military District from 1969 to 1970 and as a Naval Staff doctor in Stockholm from 1970 to 1975.

Death Rybeck died on 16 December 2019. The funeral service was held on 23 January 2020 in Grödinge Church in Botkyrka Municipality.

Awards, decorations and honours

Awards and decorations Michael DeBakey International Military Surgeons Award, USA (1986) Title of Professor (1993) Commander of the Ordre national du Mérite, France (1994)

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1971) Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1981) Member of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (1984) Honorary doctor of the Russian Military Medical Academy, Saint Petersburg (1997)